WIKIPEDIA: Lothar Matthäus
- 1990, named European Footballer of the Year
- 1990 named World Soccer Player of the Year
- --after captaining West Germany to victory in the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
- 1991: named the first ever FIFA World Player of the Year (the only German)
- played in 5 FIFA World Cups (1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 more than any other outfield player)
- holds record for most World Cup matches played by a single player (25 games).
- won UEFA Euro 1980,
- played in the 1984, 1988, and 2000 UEFA European Football Championships
- 1999 voted German Footballer of the Year (again, despite age: 38)
- the most capped German player of all time: 150 appearances (83 for West Germany) in 20 years
- 23 goals for the German national team.
- One of the FIFA 100 (list of 125 of the greatest living football players chosen by Pelé)
- Diego Maradona said about Matthäus "he is the best rival I've ever had. I guess that's enough to define him" in his book Yo soy el Diego (I am Diego).
A versatile and complete player, Matthäus was renowned for his perceptive passing, positional sense, and well-timed tackling, as well as his explosive shot. During his career, he usually played as a box-to-boxmidfielder, although later in his career he played as a sweeper.
Wow! Beeindruckende statistiken.
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